Northwest College’s March field studies trip to Egypt has been cancelled due to unrest in the country.
After considerable deliberation, instructors decided to cancel the anthropology/photography class outing, said Assistant Professor of Anthropology Greg Smith, who planned the trip with Assistant Professor of Photography Woody Wooden.
“(It’s) just too risky,” Smith said.
Over the course of the March 10-20 tour of Egypt, students were to spend several days visiting pyramids and museums in Cairo before traveling up the Nile to visit archaeological sites and modern communities.
The Associated Press reported that Wednesday clashes marked a dangerous new phase in Egypt's upheaval: the first significant violence between government supporters and opponents. The crisis took a sharp turn for the worse almost immediately after President Hosni Mubarak rejected the calls for him to give up power or leave the country, stubbornly proclaiming he would die on Egyptian soil.
Northwest College is considering the possibility of a different trip in the same region during the same date, Smith said.
Details of the tentative trip and other information concerning the cancelled Egypt expedition were presented Wednesday evening at the college.
Smith and Wooden organized the trip through a travel agency.
“My understanding is you will be able to get your money back,” Smith said.
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